Episode 25: Lessons from Living in a Care Home with Tuen Toebes - I Didn’t Sign Up For This

This week we interviewed the wonderful Teun Toebes. Teun is now 25 years old and an advocate for the way in which we deal with dementia care, whatever the age of the individual living with it. 

 

Teun says that dementia is a societal challenge - it impacts us all and the way to change the experience of feeling excluded from society is for us all to live together again rather than focus on safety and control. People with dementia want to feel included and not feel like they are 'the other'. 

 

From his experience of sharing a home with those living with dementia in the Netherlands for 3 years, Teun knows this to be true seeing the benefit not only to those living with dementia but in those caring for them too. 

 

As Teun says, good intentions can lead to a reduced quality of life and a more nuanced view is needed.

 

Have a listen and if you want to know more, you can see clips of Teun's work on Youtube and visit human-forever.com to sign up for the newsletter. We hope the film human-Forever will be available in the UK later this year. 

 

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